Methodology in religious studies : the interface with women's studies / / edited by Arvind Sharma

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808319303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2002
• ISBN: 0-7914-8871-3; 0-585-49015-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (266 p.)
• Collana: McGill studies in the history of religions
• Classificazione: BE 2000
• Altri autori (Persone): SharmaArvind
• Disciplina: 200/.82
• Soggetti: Religion - Study and teaching; Women's studies
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Women’s Studies in the History of Religions -- From the Phenomenology of Religion to Feminism and Women’s Studies -- Feminist Issues and Methods in the Anthropology of Religion -- Feminist Research in the Sociology of Religion -- The Impact of Women’s Studies on the Psychology of Religion -- Feminist Philosophy of Religion -- Methodologies in Women’s Studies and Feminist Theology -- Method in Women’s Studies in Religion -- About the Contributors -- Index of Names -- Index of Terms -- Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Methodology in Religious Studies assesses the impact of women's studies on the various methods employed in studying religion. Since its inception in the 1860s, the study of religion as an academic discipline has evolved over time, ranging from the classically historical to the boldly hermeneutical. The women's studies movement has, since the 1980s, become part and parcel of the intellectual landscape of our times, and the study of religion has become increasingly influenced by it. What are the implications of this new development for the methodology of religious studies? Leading practitioners of psychological, theological, sociological, anthropological, phenomenological, historical, and hermeneutic approaches examine the mutually enriching interface between religious studies and women's ; studies, as they explore the broader issue of the interaction between method and the nature of the subject itself.